Predicting a delivery time of a parcel

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to perform a set of operations, the set of operations comprising:
• generating a graphical user-interface (GUI);
• receiving, via the GUI, one or more configurations for a merchant account associated with a merchant, wherein the one or more configurations for the merchant account comprise one or more shipping rules specific to the merchant associated with the merchant account;
• providing to a machine-learning model parcel data corresponding to one or more products purchased from the merchant and the one or more configurations, wherein the machine-learning model is trained based on historical parcel data, configurations, and delivery times to predict an estimated delivery time of one or more products;
• receiving from the machine-learning model an estimated delivery time of the one or more products purchased from the merchant;
• dynamically updating the estimated delivery time of the one or more products;
• generating an indication of the updated estimated delivery time for insertion into a virtual page viewable by a user;
• and
• inserting the indication of the updated estimated delivery time into the virtual page, to improve accuracy of delivery time information provided to the user, in real time.

A method for predicting a delivery time, the method comprising:

• receiving parcel data corresponding to one or more products purchased from a merchant, one or more shipping rules corresponding to the merchant, and an order processing time corresponding to the merchant;
• providing to a machine-learning model the parcel data, wherein the machine-learning model is trained based on historical parcel data and delivery times to predict an estimated delivery time of one or more products;
• determining, based on an output of the machine-learning model and the order processing time corresponding to the merchant, an estimated delivery time of the one or more products purchased from the merchant;
• obtaining updated parcel data corresponding to the one or more products;
• dynamically updating the estimated delivery time of the one or more products, thereby generating an updated estimated delivery time;
• generating an indication of the updated estimated delivery time for insertion into a virtual page viewable by a user;
• and
• inserting the indication of the updated estimated delivery time into the virtual page, to improve accuracy of delivery time information provided to the user, in real time.